While not a native bird, it was with great excitement that we found this nest in the back yard with two baby Turtle doves in it.
For weeks I had noticed two adult Turtle doves sitting on some scaffolding on the construction site next door.
They would tear off at speed when we were in the b…
While growing your own herbs and vegetables, it is inevitable at some point you will be left with a glut of produce.
Especially with herbs where you may just use a leaf or two as a garnish or to flavour meals.
If you do as I do and use seedlings that punnet of six to eight plants are likely t…
Coming into the middle of April and still seeing lots of butterflies around.
The common crows are still appearing in our garden although their numbers do not seem to be as great as a couple of months ago and we haven't seen any caterpillars or pupa recently.
Orchard Swallowtail
The orcha…
Enogerra reservoir has always been a great place to visit. With bush walking tracks around the reservoir and further into D'aguilar National Park, as well as the wonderful South east Queensland wildlife centre as well and the cafe.
In December last year for the first time the reservoir was…
This beautiful large skink has the appropriate name the Land Mullet.
It does bear quite a resemblance to the aquatic mullet.
This skink has a lovely black colour and solid build I spotted this one at Springbrook National park.
I haven't seen these guy…
Kids have such a great time gardening, getting their hands dirty, learning where food comes from and how plants grow, and learning about the different insects and animals and how they interact with plants.
The backyard can be such a wondrous place for kids
Kids also love to help out in the ga…
This one little trick saves me $4752154.15 in grocery bills, well not really
I have seen quite a few articles some serious and some dubious ones on regrowing veggies from kitchen scraps, All with a similar list of Vegetable that can be regrown.
I do wonder about the quality of regrowing …
Hemmant Quarry Reserve is located on flemming road at Hemmant
A disused Quarry is now a small lake providing an important animal habitat.
There is a short walking track that circumnavigates the lake with several opportunities to approach the waters edge. And also a board walk to ex…
I having been looking for a way to screen my pool pump so taking some inspiration from the vertical pallet garden, I set to work making a vertical garden screen.
I have had this broken outdoor chair laying around for a while, and have been looking for a…
If you are lucky you may catch a glimpse of these beautiful nocturnal birds during the day.
They are very well camouflaged and spend the day perched in trees making them hard to spot,
I was lucky enough to happen upon this one at Woolowin one day trying to blend…
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| Phallus Indusiatus near Maiala Mt Glorious |
One of my favourite things to do after a few days of rain is to check the mulch piles and ovals of my local parks to see if any interesting fungi have popped up.
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| Blue Tiger At Mt Nebo |
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Echidna At Ferny Hills |
Monotremes are mammals that lay eggs in stead of giving birth to live young.
And unfortunately not being lucky enough yet to have sighted a platypus in Brisbane, this makes this beautiful little echidna my one and only Monotreme s…
Mt Coot-tha Botanic Gardens Auditorium
Tropical Plant Sale hosted by the International Cordyline Society
http://www.cordyline.org/index.php?option=com_jcalpro&Itemid=30&extmode=view&extid=127
Entry $3 Adults
Children free
Saturday the 7th of February 8:00am to 4:00pm
Sunday the …
Home made fruit fly trap
Now I must thank my 3 year old son for this discovery. he woke up at some ungodly hour last week, and fixed himself some “breakfast” by putting some licorice in one of those diet shakers and half filled it with water.
My wife noticed the little Fruit fly that hav…
Avocado, The avocado has started to split down the side there are no no signs of any shoots or roots though.
Carrot and Celery, Well the ca…